Has anybody had experience using canned oxygen (such as Boost Oxygen) at high-altitude swim meets? I will be competing at the National Senior Games, in Albuquerque, this June and would like to know what I can expect if I use it. How well does it work? Would racing after taking a few hits of oxygen be similar to racing at sea level?
I have been doing some training with a center-mount snorkel with a air-restricting cap to help prepare. In addition, I will be arriving on a Wednesday evening before my first race on Sunday, so I will have a few days to adjust; however, it's probably not enough. I'm thinking the oxygen could help-- at least it wouldn't hurt! I just don't want to die on my 200 fly, 400 IM, 200 IM, and 200 breaststroke! :whiteflag:
WRT my above post, I will say this about elevation, and physical activity. I live at sea level in coastal Rhode Island. My wife and I spent a long weekend in Las Vegas last weekend...Thursday early afternoon thru Monday early afternoon. The elevation of Vegas is around 2000+ feet above sea level. During my time there, I were for six mile runs on two seperate day, and on another day a thirty-eight mile bike ride at 3000+ feet elevation out in Red Rock Canyon. When I got back home to sea level in RI, and went on another bike ride the next day...it was like I had a blast of concentrated oxygen. I rode on a usual bike route, but my Strava account told me that I set PRs on several different segments of that course. Maybe I was breathing easier...it surely felt like it.
Dan
P.S. What happens in Vegas...
WRT my above post, I will say this about elevation, and physical activity. I live at sea level in coastal Rhode Island. My wife and I spent a long weekend in Las Vegas last weekend...Thursday early afternoon thru Monday early afternoon. The elevation of Vegas is around 2000+ feet above sea level. During my time there, I were for six mile runs on two seperate day, and on another day a thirty-eight mile bike ride at 3000+ feet elevation out in Red Rock Canyon. When I got back home to sea level in RI, and went on another bike ride the next day...it was like I had a blast of concentrated oxygen. I rode on a usual bike route, but my Strava account told me that I set PRs on several different segments of that course. Maybe I was breathing easier...it surely felt like it.
Dan
P.S. What happens in Vegas...
